Open link



(Model.) F. SCHNEIDER.

QPBN LINK. n No. 247,952. Patented Oct. 4,1881.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDRICK SCHNEIDER, OF PAGOSA SPRINGS, COLORADO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,952, dated October 4, 1881. Application nica April 2o, 1881. (Modem To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, FREDEICK SCHNEIDER, of I-agosuJ Springs, in the county of Conejos and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Open Link, of which the following` is a specification.

The. object of my invention is to provide a new and improved open link which is simple in construction and ed'eetive and convenient in use.

The invention consists in un open link formed ol' two U-shaped sections provided with internal opposite projections at the ends, which sec lions areI united byaconnecting-plate provided with recesses in the longitudinal edges to receive the projections at the ends ot the U- shaped sections, all these pui-ts being held together byu dat sliding cap and a split spring, both passing through said cap and the connecting-plate.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is e plan View of my improved open link. Fig. Zisahorizontal sectionalelevation ofthe saine, showing` the upper side of the cap removed. Fig. 3 is ncrossseetionalelevation on the line c' m, Fig. 2.

Similar letters spending parts.

The U-shaped links or sections AAare provided with oppositeinternal projections, B B, at the ends, which projections Iit into the recesses C C in a connecting plate, D, ot' the same width as the interior of the U-shaped sections A. The projections B B muy be ot' greater or less depth, as may be desired, and the recesses C in ust be ot' such size as to be filled by two adjoining projections, B. A dat cap, E, dts over the links or sections A A, and is provided with apertures F, corresponding with of' reference indicate correet like aperture, G, in the plate D, into which Iapertures a. spring-bolt, H, or other like suitable device, is passed.

The open link is used as follows: The open link is taken apart and one of thelinks or seetions A is passed through the end link or ring of achain or like device. The con necting-plate D is then fitted into said section A, the cap E is passed over it and drawn back as far as possible, and finally the other link or section A, which has been passed through the end link or ring ot' the other chain, is also titted into the connectingplate D. The cap E is then pushed forward until the apertures F F correspond in position with the aperture G, upon which the spring-bolt H or other like suitable device is passed into said apertures, thereby holding the parts together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An open link mede substantially as heref in shown and described, and consisting of two Ushaped sections or links with internal projections et the ends, of a recessed connectingplate and of a cap or plates for holding the parts together, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the U-sheped sections or link A, provided et the ends with the internal projections, B B, of the recessed connecting-plate D, the sliding cap E, and the split spring-boltH orlike device, substantially es herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

FREDRICK SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

Asn. H. PANGBORN, ALECK BLAIR. 

